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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 5315909, member: 75937&quot;]I hope this counts. Here&#039;s a Ptolemaic queen, Lysimachos&#039;s wife, Arsinoe II. She was the daughter of Ptolemy I and Berenice. Lysimachos divorced Amastris to marry her and then bequeathed to her all the territories that had belonged to Amastris! She then brought about the murder of her stepson, Agathocles, the elder son of Lysimachus by his first marriage, to secure the succession for her own children!</p><p><br /></p><p>In her honor, Lysimachos renamed the city of Ephesus to Arsinoeia! This was struck there.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/arsinoe-ii-ephesus-magistrate-melaineus-jpg.1141625/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Arsinoe II, wife of Lysimachus, born c. 316 BC.</p><p>Greek Æ 15.5 mm, 4.16 g, 12 h.</p><p>Ionia, Ephesos (as Arsinoeia), c. 290-281 BC.</p><p>Obv: Head of Arsinoe, r., veiled.</p><p>Rev: Stag kneeling l., head r.; ΑΡ-ΣΙ flanking stag&#039;s neck; magistrate&#039;s name ΜΕΛΑΙΝΕΥΣ before; Astragalus in upper r. field.</p><p>Refs: BMC 14.56, 72 var. (magistrate); SNG Cop 258-59 var. (magistrate); Forrer 14.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Next: someone who murdered a family member to rise to power. </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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